re: Obamacare Forces College To Drop Student Healthcare(Posted by Puffoluffagus on 11/13/13 at 8:38 pm to Sentrius)

quote:Is this normal?

In my experience yes. Both LSU and LSUHSC have plans offered through BCBS that are for students. In general it's a healthy population group, so premiums were decent for the amount of coverage... Well were anyway.

re: Obamacare Forces College To Drop Student Healthcare(Posted by GumboPot on 11/13/13 at 8:46 pm to Sentrius)

quote:I think the bigger question is why a public university is offering students healthcare insurance.

Is this normal?

It was normal for me. I bought the LSU version of health insurance when I was there. I used it twice in 5 years. Once for a severely sprained ankle I got while playing basketball in the field house and another time for strep throat.

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re: Obamacare Forces College To Drop Student Healthcare(Posted by Darth_Vader on 11/13/13 at 8:53 pm to GumboPot)

quote:It was normal for me. I bought the LSU version of health insurance when I was there. I used it twice in 5 years. Once for a severely sprained ankle I got while playing basketball in the field house and another time for strep throat.

Now imagine being a student and they're telling your your insurance will cost you $900 per semester. Would you have been able to afford that? If not, what would you have done about that ankle issue and case of strep? Want to guess how much a trip to the emergency room with an ankle injury would cost you out of pocket?

re: Obamacare Forces College To Drop Student Healthcare(Posted by Layabout on 11/13/13 at 9:36 pm to Sentrius)

quote:Is this normal?

Back in the 90s LSU's student insurance cost about $500 for an academic year. It was shitty insurance with a $50,000 lifetime limit, one car wreck away from bankruptcy. I know because I paid it for six years, So I call bull shite on this story.

re: Obamacare Forces College To Drop Student Healthcare(Posted by Layabout on 11/13/13 at 11:46 pm to Darth_Vader)

quote:If you want to call bullshite, you need to provide something to back that up other than your own bull shite.

Now up to $1237 a year, same company, same shitty coverage. All students are also required to pay a fee each semester for use of the Student Health Center. More than likely someone has confused this fee with actual insurance.

re: Obamacare Forces College To Drop Student Healthcare(Posted by TK421 on 11/14/13 at 7:00 am to Layabout)

1200$ a year is not that expensive and it isn't shitty coverage. The 50k limit you mentioned is per illness, not lifetime. In your terrible example of a cat wreck, auto insurance pays the hospital bills.